Correspondence, reports and diaries for the University of Queensland Bushwalking Club (UQBWC). There are thirteen Annual reports, including the the first annual report from 1950 which records the formation of the club. There are documents, correspondence, and reports relating to the Mt Barney Hut that the club constructed as well as field trip notes (mostly from trips at Mt Barney). Two diaries of outings and activies for 1994 and 1995 are present. Three folders contain content relating to clubs which shared members with the UQBWC: the University of Queensland Rockclimbers Club (now the University of Queensland Mountain Club), the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club and the Brisbane Rockclimbing Club.
Box 1
Folder 1
Correspondence, incoming and outgoing. Fourteen letters from 23 Mar 1959 to 18 Jun 1968. Photograph from Orientation Week, 1977.
Folder 2
Annual reports from 1950-1965 (missing 1957, 1958, and 1964).
Folder 3
President's report for 1958, 1964, 1966, 1966-67, 1968. Secretary's report for 1965-65. Outings officer's report for 1967. Most are handwritten.
Folder 4
Correspondence, field reports, Mt Barney hut documents, 1953-1970.
Mt Barney hut documents include: Report on the first building trip to Mt Barney to build the hut, 22 to 28 May 1954; 'UQBWC Policy on Huts etc. 1954'; rough drawing of hut elevation and floor plan; Report on hut construction, 12 to 14 Jun 1954; Report on Mt Barney Hut, 21 to 22 May 1955; letter to the secretary of the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club updating them on the progress of the Mt. Barney hut, 5 Sep 1955; list of construction requirements; Letters between the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club and the UQBWC regarding the slow progress of construction, 25 Feb 1957, 3 Apr 1957; Progress report by D.S. Dunstan, 14 Apr 1957; Report on building trips to Sharney Shed, May 1958; report on aluminum for the Barney hut, 9 to 10 Aug 1958; letter from the club to the Youth Hostels Association of Queensland regarding repairs to the Hut, 3 Oct 1967; 'A list of Bora Grounds in South-East Queensland' compiled for the Directors of the Bornong Project by Elizabeth N. Marks, 14 Sep 1970
Folder 5
Newsletters for Nov 1983, Feb 1985, Mar 1985, Jun 1985.
Four one-page newsletters reporting on club activities and giving notice of upcoming trips, meetings and other events. Two newsletters are typescript and two are photocopies of handwritten newsletters. The three newsletters from Feb 1985-Jun 1985 are numbered 1 to 3.
Folder 6
Mail-outs sent to members, Feb 1983, Apr 1983, Aug 1984, Nov 1984.
Four mail-outs, typescript, sent to club members.
Folder 7
Documents, correspondence and newsletter relating to the UQBWC. Handwritten and typed.
Document titled ‘Constitution of the UQBWC’, Undated.
Document stating rules and etiquette of the UQBWC. Undated.
Five pieces of correspondence reflecting on the early walks of the club. Dated 2000 to 2008. Typed and handwritten.
Field notes from bushwalks in Mt Barney National Park, 1950-1959. Field notes include: Mt Barney, 29 May to 4 Jun 1950 (by Jon Stephenson); Mt Barney, 1951 (by G. Broadbent); The ascent of Vidler’s Chimney, 23 Oct 1954 (by Jon Stephenson); Mt May to Mt Ballow, 8 to 10 Apr 1955; Report on Mt Barney Hut by J.R. McLeod, 20 to 21 August 1955; Mt Barney, 1 to 4 May (by John Carter). Undated but likely 1958 or 1959. Christmas Creek, Easter holidays 1959; Mt Barney 27 to 28 Sep 1959.
Newsletter titled ‘First term circular’ from 1964.
Folder 8
Newsletters, member list and other documents relating to the University of Queensland Rockclimbers Club (UQRCC). Now known as the University of Queensland Mountain Club (UQMC). Typed.
Newsletter titled ‘Chockstone’ from Mar 1976, Jun 1976 and Oct 1976.
Membership list from 1976.
Two documents relating to field trips taken by the club. Dated 1985.
Correspondence dated Nov 2014.
Folder 9
Documents, newspaper cuttings, correspondence and field notes diaries relating to the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club (BBWC).
Pamphlet titled ‘Who was what? And when?’ Printed in 1998. Lists the foundation members, honorary life members, committee members and committee positions for the first fifty years of the BBWC (1948-1998).
Five documents relating to the BBWC’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 1998. Typed and handwritten.
Four newspapers cuttings relating to Herbert Miller and Bert Salmon from 1954 to 1980.
Handwritten account of the Nimbin Rocks fatality in Sep 1956. Signed by Michael John Woodrow, Sep 1956. Includes two photograph negatives on one piece of film. One of the negatives is severely decayed.
Typed seven-page document titled ‘Carborundum – Mt Tibrogargan. A Reminiscence of the first ascent, 5th August 1956, some 50 years on’. Undated, but approximately 2006.
Field notes diary. Dated 1951 to 1954. The name N. Lamb is written on the front cover of the diary.
Field notes diary. Dated 1955 to 1956.
Folder 10
Newsletters, correspondence and documents relating to the Brisbane Rockclimbing Club (BRRC).
Newsletter from Nov 1965-Jun 1966. Typed.
Newsletter titled ‘The realised ultimate reality publication (RURP)’ from Mar 1970 (first four pages missing) and another month, undated. Typed.
Fifty-five-page document titled ‘Rock climbing in S.E. Queensland – a brief history’. Introduction signed N.Lamb, Mar 1967. Describes climbing routes in south-east Queensland with corresponding photocopies of hand drawn diagrams. Typed.
Five pieces of handwritten correspondence amongst members of the club. Dated 1966 to 1997.
Item 1
Outings and activities diary, 1994
Item 2
Outings and activities diary, 1995
Parcel 2
Map of Mt Barney from June 1948. Hand drawn map with handwritten annotations and handwritten remarks overleaf. Titled ‘rough sketch of route up the main peak of Mount Barney. By way of the saddle, from the Logan River, west of John Hardgraves home’. Drawn by J. Stephenson (1948), information compiled by C. Bell (1940). Handwritten remarks overleaf dated 1950.
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